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Some records include terms and views that are not appropriate today. They reflect the period in which they were created and are not the views of the National Archives.
This is a collage of newspaper cuttings, which include an image of Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda, a Yolgnu elder from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Wirrpanda was the first Indigenous person to have his case heard in the High Court. Charged with murdering a policeman, he had been sentenced to death. Since the crime was committed in the Northern Territory, any appeals made in the territory went straight to the High Court.
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